Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott recently hosted a Salute to the Vermont senior athletes who won medals and ribbons at the 2015 National Senior Games held in Minneapolis, MN. A reception followed in the Cedar Creek Room in the Statehouse.
A few facts about the performance of our Vermont athletes in Minneapolis:
1) 48 Vermonters participated in the National Senior Games last summer
2) Vermont ranked 37th in the medal count
3) Vermonters won 28 medals:
× 14 Gold Medals
× 6 Silver Medals
× 8 Bronze Medals
4) Ribbons were awarded for 4th through 8th place and Vermonters won 34 ribbons
The following athletes were honored:
Name (Hometown) Age Group Event-Place
Laurie Cote (Essex Junction) (50-54) 5K Cycling Time Trials-8th
Matt Guild (Bellows Falls)* (50-54) 1500M Run-Bronze,
800M Run-4th, 400M Run-7th
Joe McNamara (Williston)* (50-54) 5K Road Race-Gold, 10K Road Race-Gold
Lee Ann Banks (Jericho)* (50-54) 50YD Backstroke-Gold,
100YD Backstroke-Gold,
50YD Freestyle-Bronze
Brian Cain (Montpelier) (50-54) Golf-Bronze
Karen Newman (S. Burlington)* (50-54) Triathlon-Silver, 5K Road Race-5th,
10K Road Race-5th
Andre Sturm (Essex Junction) (50-54) 20K Cycling-6th, 40K Cycling-4th
Jim Flint (Craftsbury)* (55-59) 10K Road Race-5th, 5K Road Race-7th
Alan Lesage (South Burlington)* (60-64) 20K Cycling-5th
Arlene Silva (Montpelier) (60-64) Tennis Singles -8th
Marvin Carpenter (Richmond) (60-64) Racquetball Doubles-6th
Stephen Hennessey (Essex Jct)* (60-64) Racquetball Doubles-6th
Bonnie Rivers (S. Burlington) (60-64) Pickleball Singles-8th
Faith Hadden (Fairfax) (65-69) Tennis Mixed Doubles-8th
Michelle Immler (Brattleboro)* (65-69) Tennis Singles-Gold, Tennis Doubles-Silver
Linn Syz (Montpelier) (65-69) Tennis Singles-7th
Nicholas Hadden (Fairfax) (65-69) Tennis Mixed Doubles-8th
Jack Linn (Richmond)* (70-74) Racquetball Doubles-Bronze
Peter Mitchell (Jericho)* (75-79) 10K Road Race-6th, 5K Road Race-6th
Barbara Jordan (S. Burlington)* (80-84) 50M Run-Gold, 100M Run-Gold,
4x100M Relay-Gold, High Jump-Bronze, Long Jump-Bronze, Triple Jump-Bronze
Flo Meiler (Shelburne)* (80-84) 100M Run-Silver, 4x100M Relay-Gold,
High Jump-Gold, Long Jump-Gold,
Triple Jump-Gold, Discus-Silver,
Hammer-Silver, Javelin-5th Shot-5th,
Pole Vault-Gold
Francesca Moravcsik (S. Burlington)* (80-84) Hammer Throw-5th, Discus-5th,
Javelin-6th, Shot-6th
Margaret Nickerson (N. Springfield)* (80-84) 50YD Freestyle-4th,
50YD Breaststroke-5th,
50YD Backstroke-7th, 200YD
Backstroke-7th, 100YD Freestyle-8th, 100YD Backstroke-8th
Dudley Bell (E. Burke)* (80-84) Racquetball Doubles-Gold,
Racquetball Singles- 5th,
4x100M Relay-Silver,
400M Run-8th, Team Basketball-4th
To learn more about the Vermont Senior Games go to www.vermontseniorgames.org